Julian N. Stern

Background*

Mr. Julian N. Stern has been Secretary of DepoMed Inc. since August 1997. Mr. Stern has been Corporate Secretary of FibroGen, Inc. since 1993. Mr. Stern served as a Corporate Secretary and General Counsel of Roxro Pharma, LLC. Since October 2008, he has been Counsel to the law firm of Goodwin Proctor, LLP. He was a partner of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP, where he has been involved in the biotech industry since its beginnings. Mr. Stern was the incorporator of ... ALZA Corporation and served as its Secretary since its founding 1968 until its merger with Johnson and Johnson. He was the incorporator of Affymax and served as its Secretary and a managing director from inception until its acquisition by Glaxo. He was also the incorporator of Cetus Corporation and served as its Secretary since incorporation and as a director until its acquisition by Chiron and is an advisory director of Chiron. He served as Senior Counsel of Heller Ehrman LLP. Mr. Stern served as a Secretary of AP Pharma Inc. He has managed the incorporation of several companies, among them Affymetrix, AP. Pharma, Fibrogen, and Maxygen. Mr. Stern has worked for the San Francisco-based international law firm since 1956 and was the first attorney to staff its Silicon Valley office. Mr. Stern served as a Secretary of Maxygen Inc. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Pherin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and has been its Director since 1991. He served as Chair of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP. He has been a Director of FibroGen Inc since November, 1996. He served as a Director of Roxro Pharma, LLC. He served as Director of DepoMed Inc. since April 2001 until May 15, 2013. He served as a Director of ALZA Corp. since 1982. He serves as the President of the Ronald and Ann Williams Charitable Foundation, as a trustee of the Peter and Vernice Gasser Foundation and as an honorary lifetime trustee and past chairman of the American Cancer Society, California Division. He was a vice president of the Contra Costa County division of the American Cancer Society at Walnut Creek. (Contra Costa Cancer Society Drive Hits All-Time High. Oakland Tribune, September 20, 1967. Mr. Sterns holds J.D., LLB and L.L.M. degrees from Yale University, and a B.S. summa cum laude from New York University in 1946.

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